The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
释义：不考虑在安逸的环境中要想到危难，用节俭来戒除奢侈，不使自己的道德处于深厚的境界，不能使自己的情欲战胜物质欲望，这就像砍伐树木的根却想要树木长得茂盛，堵塞水的源头却想要水流得长远一样荒谬。
The novel is the most complete expression of human complexity.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.